4 Nov 2010

EV land, sea and air - new journal uniquely reaches everyone in EV's
Coming this December, is a new quarterly hardcopy publication that guarantees to report and comment on what's happening in the world of electric and hybrid vehicles— well beyond the concept cars of the international auto shows.
4 Nov 2010

Heavy duty electric land vehicles
There are about 250 manufacturers of heavy industrial vehicles worldwide but most do not make EVs. Between them they will make about 700,000 of these vehicles in 2010.
3 Nov 2010

Wireless electric vehicles
At the unique IDTechEx event, "Future of Electric Vehicles" in San Jose USA December 7-8, these "sea changes" will be tracked by the experts involved in land, air and, yes, seagoing electric vehicles.
3 Nov 2010

New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself
New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance
3 Nov 2010

Mitsubishi Motors start testing light commercial electric vehicles
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Yamato Transport) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that they have started field testing for parcel collection and delivery operations with the use of a prototype light commercial electric vehicle (EV) built by MMC.
2 Nov 2010

Polymer photovoltaics efficiency problem: new approach
A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.K. has found that the low rate of energy conversion in all-polymer solar-cell technology is caused by the structure of the solar cells themselves. They hope that their findings will lead to the creation of more efficient solar cells.
External press release
2 Nov 2010

NovaCentrix® awarded U.S. patent critical for sintering metal inks
NovaCentrix® awarded U.S. patent critical for sintering metal inks on low temperature substrates
1 Nov 2010

Third generation batteries are needed
Most of today's pure electric vehicles and those announced for the next few years offer only 100 miles range. Ask a roomful of people if they would buy a car with that range and usually no hands go up.
1 Nov 2010

MBI awarded MNRE grant for development of CIGS solar cell technology
Moser Baer India awarded MNRE grant for the development of an innovative CIGS solar cell technology
1 Nov 2010

Biofuel Cell for self-powered nanodevices
The goal of nanotechnology is to build nanodevices that are intelligent, multifunctional, exceptionally small, extremely sensitive and have low power consumption.
29 Oct 2010

Zinc Air fuel cell technology
A Montana company has found a low-cost, environmentally safe solution to power electric vehicles for generations to come, thanks to a technology developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
External press release
29 Oct 2010

Andreas Schneider joins EnOcean board of management
EnOcean GmbH, developer of energy harvesting wireless technology, has appointed Andreas Schneider, Executive VP and Co-founder of EnOcean, to the board of management, with effect from 1 October 1 2010, the start of the new business year.
29 Oct 2010

Screen printable solar cells
New solar glazing technology is printed directly on glass and can be semi-transparent in a wide range of colours.
External press release
29 Oct 2010

PMMI announces 10 designers reach finals in Project 2020
PMMI, sponsor and producer of PACK EXPO International 2010 (October 31-November 3; McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.), announces 10 package designers and developers have been named finalists in the "Package of the Future" competition, a key component of Project 2020: The Consumer Experience, sponsored by DuPont. The competition challenged the package design community to come up with a vision of what
consumers can expect to see on retail shelves in 2020, and prototypes of the finalists' concepts will be on display as part of the Project 2020: The Consumer Experience area of The Brand Zone, located on the lower level of the Lakeside building.
28 Oct 2010

Paper-thin film lighting device
Innovative lights made of a paper-thin film provide white lights which are flexible and efficient with increased life time.
28 Oct 2010

The future market for electric buses and taxis
This is the world's first report forecasting the global market for electric buses and taxis both hybrid and pure electric. It separately forecasts the market in the most important country, China, and it takes a detailed look at technologies present and future with a blunt assessment of reasons for failure and threats for the future, not just the positive aspects.
28 Oct 2010

Commercial wind powered lighting
At the Renewable Energy World 2010 exhibition, Loopwing Korea demonstrated new streetlights powered by renewable energy.
27 Oct 2010

Police and security electric vehicles
Larger companies are producing a range of police, homeland security and military electric vehicles.
27 Oct 2010

Triple-mode transistors show potential
Rice researchers introduce graphene-based amplifiers
External press release
27 Oct 2010

Beneq US expansion gaining momentum
Beneq, leading provider of industrial thin film equipment and technology based on atomic layer deposition (ALD) and aerosol coating, is proud to announce significant developments in its US operations.